Newsday.com - Oct 10 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 Newsday.com - Oct 10 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
''Beetle Bailey'' dog	OTTO
''Darn it!''	RATS
''Ghostbusters'' director	IVANREITMAN
''Guys and Dolls'' inspiration	DAMONRUNYON
''I pass''	NOBID
''Ornery'' dude	CUSS
''Putting it another way . . .''	IMEAN
''Shark Tank'' airer	ABC
''Six Degrees of'' guy	KEVINBACON
''Star Wars'' series captive	LEIA
''The West Wing'' creator	AARONSORKIN
''The West Wing'' president	MARTINSHEEN
''The Year of Magical Thinking'' author	JOANDIDION
''You've got mail!'' hearer	AOLER
''__ la vie!''	CEST
'80s IBM desktops	PCJRS
), for short	PAREN
Acted listless	MOONED
Actor Edward James	OLMOS
Actor Wilson	OWEN
Alan of ''Little Miss Sunshine''	ARKIN
All the ones here	THESE
Alphabetic trio	HIJ
Anaconda cousins	BOAS
Arrange in advance	PLAN
Avon alternative	OLAY
Beach Boys leader	BRIANWILSON
Benefit	SAKE
Biological group	GENUS
Bold one	DARER
Book, in Barcelona	LIBRO
Capsize	TIPOVER
Cartoonist Walker	MORT
Castle surrounders	MOATS
Cathedral section	APSE
Citified	URBAN
City near Florence	SIENA
Cornfield attractions	MAZES
Cub Scout unit	DEN
Decoy	LURER
Deflect, with ''off''	FEND
Disconnected	APART
Does without	HASNT
Edit down	TRIM
Either of two in ''George''	SOFTG
Email notification	SENT
Eminent concert keyboardist	VANCLIBURN
Erstwhile British booth	PHONEBOX
Essay page	OPED
Falafel legume	FAVA
Fig-bearing tree	FICUS
Final word	SAYSO
Fit for the job	ABLE
Footnote notation	IBID
Formation fliers	GEESE
Freudian self	EGO
Game like bingo	BEANO
Gasohol ingredient	ETHANOL
Gather gradually	GLEAN
Gave up via treaty	CEDED
Genesis twin	ESAU
Get cleaned up	WASH
Goes last	ENDS
Great report card	AAAA
Green Mountain Boys leader	ETHANALLEN
Green space	LEA
Gritty film genre	NOIR
Hawaiian Airlines destination	KAUAI
Hawthorne tale septet	GABLES
How some fries are made	HANDCUT
Ignore, as a nautical order	BELAY
In the know	AWARE
Inconvenience, informally	PROB
Industrialist Perot	HROSS
Ingredient in Oreos	COCOA
Interior courtyards	ATRIA
Jazz legend Fitzgerald	ELLA
Jug band instrument	KAZOO
Key instrument in the ''Jaws'' soundtrack	TUBA
Less harsh	GENTLER
LL Bean competitor	JCREW
Lounge instrument	PIANO
Made fun of	GIBED
Male ''monarque''	ROI
Mall tenants	SHOPS
Mass confusion	CHAOS
Measured by walking	PACED
Merchandise	WARES
Metal in solder	TIN
Middle of the third century	CCLI
MLB playoff round	ALCS
Monte Carlo roulette bet	ROUGE
Much-valued	PRIZED
Nasal appraisal	AROMA
Nasal appraisals	ODORS
National __ (DC expanse)	MALL
Navigational short cut	CANAL
Needing rinsing	SOAPY
No time at all	JIFF
Normal: Abbr	STD
Norse gods of fate	NORNS
Not easily awed	JADED
Nutritive mineral	IRON
Oscar winner as Elizabeth II	HELENMIRREN
Out-of-focus photo	BLUR
Overstuffed	SATED
Own up to	ADMIT
Performs silently	MIMES
Placing in proper order	ARRAYING
Polar hazard	FLOE
Procter & Gamble brand	GILLETTE
Ready for a rest	WEARY
Red __ beet	ASA
Resort near Santa Barbara	OJAI
River associated with the Bard	AVON
SASE, e.g	ENC
Shoe salesperson's question	SIZE
Short distance	STEP
Silicon Valley city	SANMATEO
Singing star since the '60s	CHER
Slipknot loop	NOOSE
Small jazz bands	TRIOS
Spheres of influence	AREAS
Spicy Chinese cuisine	HUNAN
Starting squad	ATEAM
Study principally	MAJORIN
Successful lawmakers	ENACTORS
Thatcher or Johnson	TORY
The French flag	TRICOLOR
They may be sliding	DOORS
They're held for questioning	EXAMS
Thick-skinned beast	RHINO
Thurman of film	UMA
Tiny fly	GNAT
Trap by freezing	ICEIN
Tugboat rope	TOWLINE
TV promo promise	ALLNEW
Unavailable at the moment	INUSE
Urgent request	PLEA
Vast amount	OCEAN
What some margins are for	ERROR
You love: Lat	AMAS
Young deer	FAWN
__-mo camera	SLO